To err is human; all heals with time.
Wounded, be righteous, no matter your crime.
Be strong, my brother. To forgive is divine.
By Motley.
I have been incarcerated for 22 months of a four-year sentence in Queensland jails. The poem above is about my own situation.
Thank you for inspiring others to keep strong whilst in jail. Your consideration is appreciated.
“Pretty soon this will be a long time ago.”
Each day I wake up in here I’m re-shocked, so to speak…how on Earth has life gotten to this point for me? For a while there I was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to jump out and tell me I’d been “Punk’d”.
There is a particular part of our prison populations that seems to have been forgotten, that gets no mention and yet these people who are the ones that need help and support when incarcerated with a unique set of issues that just aren’t recognised.
So the parole referred me to seek out a security classification to be possibly considered for low security.
What’s been happening at your prison at the moment? Our frequency of ‘lock-ins’ is increasing to about 2 per week while staff do training for the handover.
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